Case for coin-controlled vending-machines.



, E. 11. COOK. BASE FOB COIN OONTBOLLBD VEJDIJG MAQHIHEEQ APPLICATION IILBD JULY 19, 1907.

Patented Jan. 26, 1909.

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APPLICATION FILED JULY 19, 1907.

Patented Jan, 26,

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EDGAR H. COOK, OF GREAT NECK, NEW YORK.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Tan. 26, 1909.

Application filed July 19, 1907. Serial No. 354,500.

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; engages an Be it known that I, EDGAR. H. COOK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Great Neck in the county of Nassau and State of New York, have inventedan Improvement in Cases for Coin-Controlled Vending-Machines, of which the. following is a s'pecification.

As heretofore constructed and controlled vending machines for ccnfec .tions and other articles of merchandise are liable to get out of order or to be brokenand so to r'eqmrefrequent repairs the same necessitating taking the entire mechanism apart and dismemb'ermg the same from the retaining case because the various parts of the severa mechanisms for holding and delivering the articles of-merchandise sold are in such intimate relation and connection that to disturb or separate the one was to affect ell, end"the obj cot-of my. invention is to make'e'ach set or series of devices as independent of each'other set orsei'i'ee-of devices asif they were-in an independent case andto provide a surrounding case, reventing any view of or tampering with e mechanism.

' With this object in -view my invention relates most particularly to the construction of the retaining case in which two movable lockin panels inclose the major portions of the com and delivery. devices, and these panels together with coacting and. intermediate mechanism cases whose continuity is un hem. of the case of the coin actuated vending machine, providing in the ox osed part a coin receiving open" and a sh able code delivery part and I. evi denc' t e separability of the coin mechanhese coin actuated and delivery vices are each contained in and inclcsed'g similar metal case of frame and these frames according to the number employed, are received in and fit snugly across the lower broader part of "the Main case, resting on slide-ways. A money drawer is receive below these arts and a lower front panel at its u per en en and hooks into the sides 0 the main case, overlaps the lower end of the mechanism frames and looks at the lower end. An u er front panel at its lower end hooks into the sides of the main cause, overlaps part of the mechanism irames and covers .the merchandise holders where the goods are stored and looks at the upper end. The sides, top and bottom of the case coin actuated ,portion as 12- The lower portion receives the money are substantially integral and nominally inse rable.

the drawing, Figure 1 is an elevation and broken section representing the device of my improvement. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross section at about thedotted line at, m, ofiFig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional .plan at the line $19 0. of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a sectional lan at about the dotted inc 3 y, through t e upper art of the case showing especially the more anholders. Fi 5 1s a sectional Ian at about the dotted e z, z, of Fig. 1, t rough the ease and showing the merchandise holdem and the delivery parts for the goods in plan. Fig. 6 is a side elevationand Fig. 7 an edge-wise elevation showin the lockin devices'upon the case for the ower end 0 the upper panel. Fig. Flg. 9 a front elevation showing the locking devices at the lower'end of the u per pane Fig. 10 is a yertical section an elevation showing the notch 01" enga ing recess at the lofwerend'of the case for the lbwer panel. Fig. H is asection through the lower panel and Fig. 12 an elevation of the inner surface at one end of said panel showing the parts otherwise illustrated in Fig. 11. Fig. 13 is an elevation of a portion of the case and the lower end of the upper anel at the places where these parts are loc ed.

The main case is composed of a back a,

a and rib a. These are preferably made inal or so securely fastened together as to betsubstantiially integral or one piece and are about of the s ape shown, thatis, the case corresponds in width throughout, as will ap pearirom Figbhwhileinde tion is onlya ut half the epth of t e lower shown in the vertlcal'section Fig.

drawer b. In width between the sides the case agrees exactly with the width of the series of separate and independent similar coin actuated devices shown m Fig. 1 at cc and c, in which devices Fig. 5 illustrates the coin slots 2 and the finger pieces 3 employed and gras ed by the fingers on drawing out the mac anism -after introducing the coin so as to deliver the goods.

merchan ise. They are supported uponcoin actuated devices a c and c and retained in th the u per por- The up er or narrower part of the case 8 is a side. elevation and sides a a, top a, bottom a, cross-member place b the clip pieces (1' within the case genera. y as shown in Fig. 2; there being at the upper end of the case a frame structure a receiv the u per ends of these merchandise hol ers an in each of which a button a is employed for clamping them in place. In this way the opposite ends of the long merchandise holders are fixed in position; thesame however forms no necessary part of my invention.

The entire front of the case will be opened up when the upper anel f and lower anel h are removed and t e coin actuated evices c c and c are also removed with the merchandise holders. These coin actuated. de-

vices c c and c consist of frames inclosing the mechanism and the fit snugly side by side and between the si es a a of the case, and they fit into the case resting u on the cross member a and the rib a an support the merchandise holders as described. It will thus be ap arent that when the upper and lower pane are removed any one of these three coin actuated devices may be moved forward and removed from the case at pleasure, for repairs or to be interchanged in position with other similar devices. The up er panel agrees in width with the case an is provi ed with side flanges 4 which extend over the edges of the case and the panel extends from the up er part of the case and from beneath the ont plate 5 down to the flat plates 6 of the coin actuated devices and said panel is preferably provided with lasses for s' ht holes 7 throu h whic the goods in t e merchandise ho ders may be viewed and the extent pf the merchandise therein ascertained.

Fig. 2 illustrates that the corners of the case are ribbed and Figs. 6 and 7 show the stepped construction. at the corner of the case which is produced by the vertical front whichagrees with the upper panel f and the forward y ,extend" ortion which ees substantially with t e evel of the top 0 the coin actuated devices (2 c and c, at which angle a notch 8, a flat surface 9 and an inclined ed e 10 of the rib of the case are produced. s. 8 and 9 show the corners at the logver end 0 the upper panel f inwhich there is an inclined edge 11, a lug 12 and a flat surface 13 which agree in location and dimensions with the parts 8 9 and 10, so that when the lower end of the top panel is set down into a juxtaposed relation with the parts 8 9 and 10 and the said up er panel brou ht into a vertical position wit its upper end eneath the front plate 5, these parts 1 1, 12 and 13 fit into and lock with the arts 8 9 and 10, so that when the key inthe ock t is turned, the front panel is secured in position. The Lewes panel k is made with 48 to set against the sides a a of the case.

The forward portion of the case, as w1ll be seen by reference to Figs. .2 and 10, is proinner faces of the lower panel inside the flanged edges are provided with hook-members 15 of such a shapeas to pass into the said recess under the projections 14.

recessed and prolonged at 16 and the under front edge of the case is cut away at 1-? so that in connecting the lower panel to the lower front portion of the case, the hookmembers 15 are passed beneath the ro- 'ections 14 with the panel at an inclination.

he panel is then turned down into a vertical position and the parts 16 17 brought into engagement. This causes the prolonged portion 16 to pass into the cut-away portion 17 between the sides of 'the case and when the lock k of the lower panel is operated, the said panel-is secured firmly in position to the case.

t will be thus apparent that a lifting tendency or possibility with reference to the coin actuated devices 0 c c is prevented by the upper panel f and also that an movement forward of these coin actuate devices is also prevented by the lower panel h.

The only portions of the coin actuated devices that are visible are the movable frame devices for delivering the goods and which entirely cover over the internal mechanism so that the same is not accessible.

I claim as my invention:

prising a retaining case having a base andtop both of the same width, a removable locking panel closing the front of the to closing the lower part of the base at the front, a series of separate and 'ndependent similar removable coin actuate devices received in the case side by side extending belowand beyond the top panel and partly above the lower panel and constructed imperforate in the exposed part except for the said devices w ereby said devices are held in place by said panels against upward and outward movement. a

2. A coin actuated vending machine comprising a retaining case having a deep base and narrow to both of the same width, a removable locking panel closing the front of the narrow top down to the base, a removable locking panel closing the lower art of thebase at the front, supports wit in the base, a series of separate and independent similar removable coin actuated devices re ceived in the case side b side below and beyond the top panel an within and partly above the lower panel and constructed imperforate in the exposed parts except for the coinslot resting upon said supports and heldinpiace by the'said" aneis'. 1

3. The combination wit an open front re chines, of a series of separate and independvided with a profection 1 4 and a recess. The

The lower inner edge of the lower panel is 1. A coin actuated vending machine com-e down to the base, a removable locking pane coin slot, supports within the case below taiuing case for coin actuated vending ma-k ent similar removable coin actuated devices adapted to be received and supported in the case side by side and constructed imperiorate in the exposed parts, except for the coin slot, a removable top anel fitting in the front of the case above t e coin actuated devices, at its lower end having interlocking parts and coming down upomsaid coin actuated devices, and a look at its upper end, a lower front panel having interlocking upper arts coming outside of and against the aces of said coin actuated devices, and a look at the lower portion, the said locks hold ing said panels securely in position.

4. The combination with an open front retainin case for coin actuated vending ma chines, of a series of separate and independent similar removable coin actuated devices adapted to be received and supported in the case side by side and constructed imperferate in the exposed parts, except for the coin slot, a removable top anel fitting in the front of the case above t 1e coin actuated devices, at its lower end having interlocking parts and comin down upon said coin actuated devices an a look at its upper end, a lower front panel having interlocking upper parts coining outside of and against the aces of said coin actuated devices, and engaging devices at its lower edge, and a look at the lower portion, the said locks holding said pxanels securely in position.

5. he combination with an open front retaining case for coin actuated vending machines, of a series of separate and independout similar removable coin actuated devices adapted to be received and supported in the case side by side and constructed imperforate in the exposed parts, except for the coin slot, and removable locking panels, the one extending and covering the narrow top of ;he case down to and resting upon the coin actuated devices and the other extending and covering from the bottom of the deep base of the case to above the lower edge of the coin actuated devices for holding the same in po- :ition and each panel having side flanges ex- 1 and hook members 15 at the upper outside corners of the case haviiw edge l'QCi'SSOr; and

tending over and. embracing the edges of th case, securilw looks at one end of each panel and interloc ing engaging devices oi the other ends of said panels.

0'. The combination with an open from 1etaining case for coin actuated veiuling in:

chines, of a oi separate and indcpcnwent similar removabie coin actuated devices row top of the case above and down to theedges 10 receiving and interlocking with the aforesaid parts at the lower ends of the top panel.

7 The combination with an open front re taining case for coin actuated vending machines, of a series of separate and independent similar removable coin actuated devicds adapted to be received and sup orted in the case side by side and constructed imperforate in the exposed parts, except for the coin slot, a panel covering the top of the case down to the coin actuated devices and means for sccuring the same in place to at the same time hold said coin actuated devices down in osition, a removable panel. at the lower or ase portion of the case extending below the cases of the coin actuated devices and artially in front of the same and said panel having side flanges extending over the sides of the case and book members 15 at the upper outside corners of the case having edge recesses and projections 14 interlocked and engaged by the hool-z members 1.5, and a look at the lower portion of said panel.

8. The combination with an open front retaining case for coin actuated vending machines, of a series of separate and independent similar removable coin actuated devices adapted to be received and suppoi ted in (hr case side by side and construct ed in'zpcriorutc in the exposed parts, except for the coin slot, :1. panel covering the top of the case down to the coin actuated devices and means for securing the same in place to at the same time hold said coin actuated. devices down in position, a removable peucl at the lower or base portion of the case extending below the cases of the coin actuated devices and partially in front of the same and said panel having side flanges extending over the sid s of the case projections 14 intcrlorkee and engaged by or iii-hi4 members 17:. and a liw :2. the lower iil h (if said pencil. and the lwWL'i rd?! of iii lemupauei recessedand in'olmiged at l6 tLmi the lower Front edge'cl the bottom of the cut away at l? to receive ti. part in of liver panel. gued by me this 8th day of July, 1907. EDGAR II. COOK.

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